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2015 September 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance Grants

Range: $50,000 to $300,000Deadline: Tuesday, April 14, 2015, 2015

The Corporation for National & Community Service (CNCS) has available funding for the September 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance. The funding will mobilize more Americans to engage in service and remembrance activities that meet vital community needs and honor the sacrifice of those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001, and who rose in service as a result of that tragedy. This September 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance notice prioritizes grant funding in CNCS’s focus areas of disaster services and veterans and military families. CNCS will also give priority consideration to organizations with applications that feature a proposal to develop educational materials or curriculum for youth about service to honor September 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance.

Submission of a Notice of Intent to Apply is highly encouraged and due before April 14, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. ET

Applications for funding are due on Wednesday, April 29, 2015. Successful applicants will be notified in June 2015.

The Grotta Fund for Senior Care seeks to support new and/or enhanced programs that advance Grotta’s core mission. In particular, Grotta will favor programs that address one or both of these timely concerns:

Hunger and Food Insecurity – Lack of or limited access to, enough food to ensure an active and healthy life. Programs should address one or multiple challenges, including but not limited to, lack of adequate nutritious food, lack of nutritional education especially about dietary-restricted meals and healthy eating on limited budgets. Grotta Fund is concerned about not only feeding the hungry but ensuring that healthy food is available in the neighborhood or community.

Social Isolation – Multiple complex psycho-social, financial, abuse, injury or disease factors can place an older adult at-risk. As the situation gets worse, it is easy to become disconnected, overwhelmed and homebound. The proposed program should identify those at risk, how the program will address the identified problems and offer resolutions that develop new or better coordinated resources to foster greater connectedness.

The NJ Commission on National and Community Service, NJ Department of State, announces funding opportunities for 2015 AmeriCorps Formula Grants, sometimes called the “Domestic Peace Corps” is a national service program funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). Through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), the NJ Commission seeks to identify projects that will deploy AmeriCorps participants or “members” effectively to solve significant community problems. In return for their service, members benefit from a living allowance of up to $12,530 (F/T) and an educational award of up to $5,730 held in trust for college cost of attendance or to pay back existing federal loans. The CNCS strategic plan has highlighted the following focus areas: Education, including STEM; Environmental Stewardship; Healthy Futures; Economic Opportunity, including My Brother’s Keeper; Veterans and Military Families; and Disaster Services. Eligible agencies include public or private non-profit organizations, community and faith-based organizations; local education agencies including charter schools; local, county or state government; and, colleges. Formula applications for New or re-competing projects are due to the Commission on Thursday, May 14, 2015.

The NJ Commission’s NOFO for Formula funding will be available soon at: 2015 AmeriCorps Formula Grants, Attendance at a technical assistance session is mandatory in order to be considered for funding. Organizations that submitted an AmeriCorps Competitive application in the fall of 2014 are not required to attend a technical assistance session for this Formula NOFO. The three technical assistance sessions are scheduled as follows:

Range: $5,000 to $60,000Deadline: Proposal due dates vary for returning and new applicants

The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation supports leadership, innovation, and collaboration for a better New Jersey. For nearly 40 years, the Foundation has nurtured leaders, ideas, and institutions which transcend self interest and promote a sustainable future. They focus on issues critical to our home state of New Jersey, and organizations that have a direct and meaningful impact here. The foundation believes that philanthropy includes not only providing resources, but also connecting leaders across sectors, sharing expertise, and promoting collaboration to help build movements for change around important issues.

The Dodge Foundation funds Arts, Education, Environment and Media initiatives that are innovative and promote collaboration and community-driven decision making. They listen to the needs of the nonprofit sector by offering sustained and comprehensive technical assistance, and pay careful attention to the public policy environment in which grantees operate. They work with nonprofit, community, government, and business leaders to imagine a better New Jersey.

For more information including upcoming deadlines and application overview, please visit: How to Apply.

IBM Impact Grants

Range: Includes consulting services and softwareDeadline: June 1, 2015

The IBM Impact Grants application cycle is now open. These grants provide consulting expertise and software specifically designed to support educational and not-for-profit organizations in their efforts to serve our communities. The diversity of these grants allows IBM to deliver services and technology that meet the ever changing needs of the not-for-profit sector. More information on the categories is included in the 2014 IBM Impact Grant brochure.

For guidance on the application process send an email request to the IBM Citizenship Program Manager Martin Laird at lairdmar@us.ibm.com. In the email, please name the specific Impact Grant offering(s) you are interested in and basic description of your mission and how the grant will advance your work. Deadline to apply within 2015 is June 1.

The Provident Bank Foundation Signature Grant and Impact Grants Program

Range: $100,000 Signature Grant; Impact Grants, $20,000 (Warren & Hunterdon County and PA)Deadline: Impact grants in other priorities later this year

The Provident Bank Foundation has announced a request for proposals (RFP) for a $100,000 grant open to nonprofits located within Provident Bank's service area offering community enrichment programs that drive economic development, contribute to a more well-rounded community experience and provide increased access to information and specialized learning opportunities. This RFP is for the first of up to three $100,000 “Signature” grants -- one in each of its three funding priority areas—community enrichment, education and health, youth & families—that the foundation will make in 2015.

In addition, the foundation is also now accepting RFPs for two $20,000 grants from nonprofit organizations located in two of Provident Bank’s new geographies—Hunterdon County, NJ and Lehigh Valley, PA. Later in 2015, the Foundation will make a total of up to four $20,000 “Impact” grants to include Warren County, NJ and Bucks County, PA.

For more information on these grant opportunities, please visit: Provident RFPs.

Community Services Block Grant - RFP for Designation as Community Action Agency - Monmouth County

Grantor: The New Jersey Department of Community of AffairsRange: The projected funding is approximately $800,000 annuallyDeadline: Usually July 30, with mandatory TA session on June 6

Goals:

The purpose of this RFP is to designate an agency as the CAA for
Monmouth County. This agency will receive CSBG funding to alleviate the causes and
conditions of poverty in Monmouth County and to foster self-sufficiency in individuals
and families.

The CSBG program provides assistance to local populations, working through a network of
Community Action Agencies (CAAs) to alleviate the causes and conditions of poverty, the
revitalization of low-income communities, and the empowerment of low-income families and
individuals to become fully self-sufficient.

CSBG-funded programs create, coordinate, and deliver a broad array of programs and services to low-income individuals.

Agencies receiving
funds under the CSBG program are required to provide services and activities addressing
employment, education, better use of available income, housing, nutrition, emergency services
and/or health.

For 2014: If applying for the Monmouth County designated CSBG agency, you need to attend the mandatory application meeting which is scheduled for June 6th at 2 pm in the 1st floor conference room at the NJ Department of Community Affairs, 101 South Broad Street, Trenton, NJ. Please contact Ethel Henderson by June 4th with the names of people attending the meeting. She will add them to the guest registry so they will be able to attend the meeting. She can be reached at Ethel.Henderson@dca.state.nj.us

All agencies interested in applying must also inform DCA of your intent to apply. You can do that by indicating it on the sign in sheet at the June 6th meeting and/or by emailing csbgprogram@DCA.state.nj.us.

Social Entrepreneur and Enterprise Development (SE2D) Project Funding

Grantor: The New Jersey Office of Faith-based Initiatives (OFBI) Range: $10,000 to $50,000Deadline: Usually end of JuneGoals:

To be a national and international leader in creating a sustainable environment where SEVs flourish and grow.

To develop effective social impact financing approaches designed to drive the complete capital market.

To enhance the capacity of faith and community based organizations become investment ready and launch promising and potentially transformative community based approaches that solve intractable social issues.

Social Innovation FundingGrantor: The New Jersey Office of Faith-based Initiatives (OFBI) Range: $30,000 to $80,000Deadline: Usually end of JuneGoals:

Support socially innovative programs that create new pathways in addressing social issues.

Seek creative responses to an opportunity recognized, how social value proposition brings value to its target population, has an articulated theory of social change, and that the program is designed to measure for impact.

Nurture an environment that allows for the continual implementation of transformative community approaches.

The SI grant program is competitive; and it seeks to support awarded projects with patient capital not to exceed 3 years. All contracts will be one year contracts; awarded organizations will submit renewal applications at the end of the contract year.

Support nonprofit organizations in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania that work to alleviate significant ecological problems within the watersheds of the Delaware and Susquehanna Rivers.

Focus on environmental conservation and restoration within these watersheds, with particular emphasis on environmental protection issues relating to clean water and water-related ecologies.

Visit the Foundation’s website for more information on the application process.

The Family and Youth Services Bureau is now accepting applications for the Street Outreach Program.

The Street Outreach Program funds organizations that provide street-based services to runaway, homeless and street youth who have been subjected to, or are at risk of being subjected to, sexual abuse, prostitution or sexual exploitation.

These services, which are provided in areas where street youth congregate, are designed to assist youth in making healthy choices and ultimately help them leave the streets.

The purpose of the Basic Center Program is to provide an alternative for runaway and homeless youth who might otherwise end up with law enforcement or in the child welfare, mental health, or juvenile justice systems.

The Basic Center Program works to establish or strengthen community-based programs that meet the immediate needs of runaway and homeless youth and their families.

The programs provide youth up to age 18 with emergency shelter, food, clothing, counseling and referrals for health care.

Most Basic Centers can provide 21 days of shelter for up to 20 youth at a time.

There are exceptions for jurisdictions that have different standards for licensing.

Basic Centers seek to reunite young people with their families, whenever possible, or to locate appropriate alternative placements.

Support community organizations, educators, and youth throughout the United States that host neighborhood events that introduce the public and youth to birds found in urban areas.

Funded events should feature activities involving birds, community service, art, greening, and/or science.
Eligible events include bird-activity days at local museums, libraries, or community centers, as well as art and gardening activities at clubs, schools, or senior centers.

Visit the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s website to review the application materials.

Promote a greater understanding and appreciation of the richness and diversity of Latin American cultures through the work of its contemporary and traditional performing artists.

Provide support to consortia of arts presenters from different cities or states to work collaboratively to bring exemplary performing artists from Latin America to audiences across the United States, with an emphasis on communities that have little access to this work.

Presenters must foster an appreciation for the visiting artists’ work and the cultures from which it is derived through public performances and activities that provide opportunities for interaction between the visiting artists and members of the local community.

Visit the Southern Exposure website to download the application guidelines.

Invest in innovative institutions and models that strengthen asset control and support economic development for American Indian people and their communities.

Support projects that increase access to fresh, healthy foods and improve the overall health and well-being of Native children and families.

Priority will be given to projects aimed at increasing the availability of healthy, locally-produced foods in Native communities; projects that work to reduce food insecurity; and entrepreneurship programs that create systemic change by increasing community control of local food systems.

Native American-controlled nonprofit tribal organizations and community-based groups committed to increasing healthy food access in rural and reservation-based Native communities are eligible to apply. Visit the First Nations website to learn more about the funding guidelines and application process.

USArtists InternationalGrantor: Mid Atlantic Arts FoundationRange: $1,000 to $10,000Deadlines: Usually in December and April. Goals:

Ensure that the impressive range of the performing arts in the United States is represented abroad, and that American artists can enhance their creative and professional development through participation at important international festivals.

Support American dance, music, and theater ensembles and solo artists that have been invited to perform at significant international festivals anywhere in the world outside of the United States and its territories.

Economic Empowerment: focuses on programs that provide technology-based solutions to underserved populations transitioning from education to workforce, or re-entry to workforce.

Critical Human Needs: Cisco grants help overcome the cycle of poverty and dependence by supporting organizations that address the basic needs of underserved communities, with a focus on clean water, food, and shelter.

Funded programs in all categories must have high potential for replication in multiple environments, and a clear path for long-term sustainability. Organizations can begin the application process at any time.

Visit the Cisco website to learn more about the grantmaking criteria and to take the Eligibility Quiz.

The Conservation AllianceGrantor: The Conservation AllianceRange: Up to $50,000Deadlines: Nominations usually in November; full request due in December Goals:

Support grassroots citizen-action groups and their efforts to protect wild and natural areas in North America where outdoor enthusiasts spend their time.

Secure permanent protection of a specific threatened wild place or waterway for its habitat and recreational values.

The Alliance is not looking for mainstream education, restoration, or scientific research projects, but rather for active campaigns.

Honor young people in grades 5-12 who are volunteering in their communities.

Local Honorees are selected in November and from these winners two State Honorees are chosen in each state and the District of Columbia. State Honorees receive an award of $1,000 and an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, DC, for national recognition events. Out of the State Honorees, ten National Honorees are selected to receive an additional award of $5,000 as well as a $5,000 grant for a nonprofit organization of their choice.

Youth who have engaged in a volunteer activity that occurred during the 12 months prior to the date of application are eligible to apply. Visit the Prudential website for online application information.

GOVERNMENT GRANTS

Funds Available to Advance STEM EducationGrantor:National Science Foundation Range: $20,000,000 to $27,000,000Deadlines: January and NovemberGoals: Provide support to advance new approaches to the design and development of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics learning in informal environments.

Analyze Maternal and Child Health Policies Grantor: Department of Health and Human ServicesRange: $200,000Deadlines: Usually in NovemberGoals: Supports analyses of policy changes to improve access, quality, and integration of healthcare and services for maternal and child health populations.

Expand Sharing of Environmental InformationGrantor: Environmental Protection AgencyRange: $500,000Deadlines: Usually in NovemberGoals: Support developing the capabilities that organizations need to actively participate in the Environmental Information Exchange Network, which is a way to report data electronically, share information, and integrate both regulatory and non-regulatory environmental information.

Museum AdvancementGrantor: Institute of Museum and Library ServicesRange: $5,000–$150,000Deadlines: Usually in DecemberGoals: Strengthen the ability of museums to serve the public more effectively by supporting high-priority activities that advance their missions, plans, and strategic goals and objectives.

Program Supports Education about Organ DonationGrantor: Department of Health and Human ServicesRange: $250,000Deadlines: Usually in DecemberGoals: Provides support to educate the public about the need for solid organ donation and to encourage deceased donation decisions, documentation, and family discussions.